FRISCO — For close to 31/2 seasons, Jackson Goncalves called Frisco home. The midfielder was back in familiar surroundings Saturday night, but this time the Brazilian attacker was appearing at Toyota Stadium as a visitor.

Jackson was signed by FC Dallas on loan from Sao Paulo FC of his native Brazil in August 2010. He remained with Dallas until January 2012, when he was loaned to Cruzeiro FC, also of Brazil. Jackson was then recalled in April 2012 and remained with FCD until last December, when he was traded to Toronto FC for a conditional second-round pick and allocation money.

In 91 games with Dallas, Jackson had 11 goals and 13 assists. He started at right midfield for Toronto on Saturday night, a spot where he spent much of his time with FCD, and helped set up Toronto’s only goal, scored by Issey Nakajima-Farran in the 21st minute.

Jackson began the sequence by passing to Nakajima-Farran, whose initial shot was turned away by Dallas goalkeeper Chris Seitz. Nakajima-Farran then scored off the rebound, a shot that deflected in off the right knee of FCD midfielder Je-Vaughn Watson.

Jackson was issued a yellow card in the 73rd minute after a hard foul on Dallas’ Kellyn Acosta.

Acosta returns to first 11; Texeira again a starter: Acosta returned to the starting lineup for the first time in three games. Zach Loyd had started each of the last two games at right back in favor of Acosta, who made two appearances for the U.S. under-20 team earlier in the week at the Dr Pepper Dallas Cup.

Acosta had started FCD’s first four games of the season at right back before Loyd returned on April 5 at Houston.

At striker, newcomer David Texeira started a third straight game. Texeira, who joined FCD during the preseason after spending the last few seasons in the Netherlands, scored his first MLS goal in last weekend’s loss to Seattle. Texeira left the game in favor of Blas Perez in the 70th minute.

Cornering the market: In the 82nd minute, midfielder Mauro Diaz stepped up for Dallas’ 15th corner kick of the night, breaking a franchise record that had stood since a 5-1 loss at New England on Aug. 4, 2001. FCD finished Saturday’s game with 16 corners.

-Steve Hunt, Special Contributor

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